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Mistress Witch Writes

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She/Her Writing about things dark and historical at mistresswitchwrites.com I'm drafting a novel about a 17th century witch in Europe. I'm a science teacher and museum educator, currently studying History and Philosophy of Science.

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Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 5h
"Can you tell me more about these secret blood draining places that they have in the basement? I'm very interested in those!" Hanging out with Historians never gets boring! This was about the building of early modern anatomical theaters btw. #writing #blogging #witch #history
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Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
When visiting a friend in Luxembourg for her birthday, of course I find a castle ruin to hike 25km to. What a witching moment! Taken at château d'Esch sur-Sûre. #writing #blogging #witch #history
Selfie of a red-haired woman in front of a castle ruin.
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Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My #witch thinks we'd deserve one. #writing #blogging #history mistresswitchwrites.com/2025/06/02/w...
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Witch on the road – Would I look nice as a statue?
Within less than a year, I have travelled to some of the most exciting places in Europe. Sometimes for work, sometimes privately. On these travels, I have met some of the most important figures in …
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Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
From toxic coffee to death by cake-overdose - this Stockholm café has a lot of history to offer. And it is just a wonderful place to rest and daydream! #writing #blogging #witch #history mistresswitchwrites.com/2025/09/20/w...
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Witching coffee with a bit of history in Stockholm!
Coffee with a lot of history! – is what my witch and I enjoyed in Stockholm, when we went to the city’s oldest confectionery, which had opened in 1785. It’s a beautiful place in the heart of Stockh…
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Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This novel was a great lesson in finding the right narrative! #writing #blogging #witch #history mistresswitchwrites.com/2025/10/04/w...
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Witching Review – “Remarkable Creatures” by Tracy Chevalier
This time, I am reviewing a novel that combines my two passions: The history of science, and well, novel writing. It is a wonderfully crafted piece of historical fiction! This one is about the nove…
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Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Standing on the place where the war started that changed my witch's life forever gave me a very historical shivering. #writing #blogging #history #witch mistresswitchwrites.com/2025/11/02/2...
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28 crosses in Prague – A haunted historical trip with my witch
“This place is so haunted”, my witch giggles over my shoulder.I took us to a place where for the both of us history becomes very much alive and reminds us of how fragile and thin skinned we are, an…
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Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If you are willing to explore this very historical struggle of having a fucking fragile body, or if you suffer from this and need to laugh about yourself, or are simply interested in ths, I deeply recommend reading this. #writing #blogging #history #witch mistresswitchwrites.com/2026/01/13/w...
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Witching review – “A body made of glass” by Caroline Crampton
If you belong to those constantly caught between wonder and worry about the fragility and persistence of the human body, I may have the perfect book for you! This witching review is on a rather per…
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Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This place is so worth it if you're interested in the haunted objects of all kinds! #writing #blogging #history #witch mistresswitchwrites.com/2026/03/16/v...
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Visiting a witching place! – The museum for magic, fortune-telling, and witchcraft in Edinburgh!
Let me take you to another witching place!I have found a museum where my witch felt at home, and I want to share this with you. I have recently been to Edinburgh, and of course I had to visit the m…
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Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
While writing, I turn into a questionable but oretty girl in a nightdress, whispering my darkest into your ears wuth a creaking voice. #writing #blogging #witch #historicalfiction mistresswitchwrites.com/2026/05/03/w...
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What writing in first-person means to me (and my witch)
My nightdress is too short, rain and thunder have scared my cats away, and once again it’s just me and my witch making it through the night together. This is exactly what my radical first-person-re…
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Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Here you can point a canon at your neighbours. Sometimes that's all that's ever needed. #writing #blogging #history #witch mistresswitchwrites.com/2026/07/17/a...
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A haunted place in the Baltic Sea – Suomenlinna
Canons, a castle, defense walls, and old houses with windows painted on – there is a place in the Baltic Sea that has all these things. It’s not just a museum, or a remote heritage site for adventu…
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Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A novel that reads more like an authentic, chaotic, sudden piece of a 17th century diary. #writing #blogging #witch #history #historicalfiction mistresswitchwrites.com/2026/08/06/w...
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Witching Review – “The curewife” by Claire-Marie Watson
The book I’m reviewing in this post came as a dark and magical surprise! This post is about the novel “The Curewife” by Claire-Marie Watson! This is a very historic novel that deals with everything…
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Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
What a witching view! Imagine, if these walls could talk ... #writing #blogging #witch #history #photography #inspiration
Close up of an old, uneven stone wall, with grass and yellow as well as violet leaves growing between those stones.
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Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The search for perfect mental health and well-being has become a reason to stop being a friend, a lover, a person with dreams and goals. I think we are taking it too far. #writing #blogging #witch mistresswitchwrites.com/2026/09/21/w...
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Why do we stop doing things?
“When for health reasons we stop being ourselves, what is left then? ”, I complain to my witch just when the cold and dark season is ready to arrive. I am usually decorating a cake when the message…
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Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We are a very damaged generation. #writing #blogging #witch mistresswitchwrites.com/2026/09/21/w...
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Why do we stop doing things?
“When for health reasons we stop being ourselves, what is left then? ”, I complain to my witch just when the cold and dark season is ready to arrive. I am usually decorating a cake when the message…
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Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Ever since the pandemic began in 2020, I have not been able to get a grip on my circle of friends. One coffee a year, sometimes a Voicemail, and of course always short written messages about emotional exhaustion ... #writing #blogging #witch mistresswitchwrites.com/2026/09/21/w...
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Why do we stop doing things?
“When for health reasons we stop being ourselves, what is left then? ”, I complain to my witch just when the cold and dark season is ready to arrive. I am usually decorating a cake when the message…
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Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This is my second mental health rant. Because we're a damaged generation. New post! #writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #essay #witch #personal mistresswitchwrites.com/2026/09/21/w...
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Why do we stop doing things?
“When for health reasons we stop being ourselves, what is left then? ”, I complain to my witch just when the cold and dark season is ready to arrive. I am usually decorating a cake when the message…
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Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This is my second mental health rant. Because we're a damaged generation. New post! #writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #essay #witch #personal mistresswitchwrites.com/2026/09/21/w...
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Why do we stop doing things?
“When for health reasons we stop being ourselves, what is left then? ”, I complain to my witch just when the cold and dark season is ready to arrive. I am usually decorating a cake when the message…
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Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
What a witching view! #writing #blogging #witch #historicalfiction #photography #inspiration
A field with hay balls in sunset.
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Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I fell for you In an October night With a heart that Had seen too much pain And you were terrified. New poem! #writing #amwriting #poetry #poem #witch mistresswitchwrites.com/2026/09/20/w...
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When we fall …
Who’ll be thereWhen we fall?Who will comeTo catch us all?Who’ll be thereIn the end? Late at nightI hear his voiceAnd I know thatHe waved her goodbyeThrough the noiseOf a world turning away. Laughte…
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Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
And I wonder Who’ll be there When we fall? New poem! #writing #amwriting #poetry #poem #witch mistresswitchwrites.com/2026/09/20/w...
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When we fall …
Who’ll be thereWhen we fall?Who will comeTo catch us all?Who’ll be thereIn the end? Late at nightI hear his voiceAnd I know thatHe waved her goodbyeThrough the noiseOf a world turning away. Laughte…
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Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The photograph capturing the mood of my witching novel in progress just became my most liked post in weeks. That feels motivating! #writing #blogging #witch
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Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A writer's worst nightmare just happened to me. I received an E-Mail that my short story was accepted, but then 2 minutes later was notified that it was a mistake. I had narrowly not made it. Oh, how often I feared this to happen with my actually accepted work. #writing #blogging #witch
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Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Let your witch at service help to tell you whom not to trust! #writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #blogging #witch #essay mistresswitchwrites.com/2026/06/22/t...
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The latest Dystopia confusion – or what vaccines, glasses, and sunscreen suddenly have in common.
Confusion is one of the most important aspects of Dystopia. It’s this state of the world that keeps burning into the skin like a nervous flickering – and suddenly you’ve bought frog legs from the w…
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Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
My favourite witching small town will be encircled by Zombie fires for years to come, but at least it still stands. Positivity for today: Check. #writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #witch #essay #blogging mistresswitchwrites.com/2026/08/19/h...
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Heavy rain and zombie fire – A small town of resilience part 2
This is a hopeful post, although it might not look like it at first. Recently, the region I am living in is experiencing a historical wildfire, and it was getting terrifyingly close to the city tha…
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Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I was often told that I would regret not being able to afford a house and a second car, but the only thing I ever regretted was when I became too depressed to chase my dreams. #writing #amwriting #essay #blogging #witch mistresswitchwrites.com/2026/08/25/a...
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A witch with no regrets
This night feels cozy.Midnight has passed.No sleep, but another cup of tea in vanilla scented candlelight.“Are you saying you have no regrets?”, my witch giggles. When I was younger, I was often wa…
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Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“What to do you really regret?” “When my soul was dead.” In this one, my witch and I reflect on my Christian, neoliberalist, capitalist upbringing. #writing #amwriting #writingcommnity #witch #blogging #essay mistresswitchwrites.com/2026/08/25/a...
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A witch with no regrets
This night feels cozy.Midnight has passed.No sleep, but another cup of tea in vanilla scented candlelight.“Are you saying you have no regrets?”, my witch giggles. When I was younger, I was often wa…
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Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I went to Cologne to visit another witching monument. More on my blog soon! #writing #blogging #witch #history
Selfie of a red-haired woman with glasses holding a camera.
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Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
An elvenring breaking around my finger can't be a good sign, right? My #witch is giggling. #writing #blogging
A woman is photographing her hand with three rings each on one finger. The smallest one is shaped like an elven crown and broke. The background is her outfit. A green dress with golden shows and an orange scarf.
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Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
When I write a short story for a contest, I tell myself to not be sad when it gets rejected, because now I have more material. ... here we go. I have a wonderful historical horror story about demonic obsession and late medieval treatment of infectious diseases to sell! #writing #blogging #witch
Selfie of a red-haired woman with glasses writing at a café
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Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
What a witching view! Taken on a walk through the fields that inspired my witching novel. #writing #blogging #witch
A photograph of a pat between to field. It is dark, but the sky shows the last trace of sunset. The street lights far ahead illuminate the fog above the green fields.
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Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"I think a huge aspect of our life is about the narratives we leave behind for others to find, and for the world to make sense of." Thoughts on my archival research trip to Paris. #writing #blogging #witch #history mistresswitchwrites.com/2026/09/11/a...
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A historical research trip to Paris
Come with me on a little research trip to Paris!I had the opportunity to go on a very historical adventure, not exactly related to my witching novel, but still very much inspiring! To write my thes…
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Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I had tge oppprtunity to go to Paris for some archival work, looking at the kind of mess people tend to leave behind. #writing #blogging #witch #history mistresswitchwrites.com/2026/09/11/a...
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A historical research trip to Paris
Come with me on a little research trip to Paris!I had the opportunity to go on a very historical adventure, not exactly related to my witching novel, but still very much inspiring! To write my thes…
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Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A friend showed me a new bookshop. Can't wait to start these new witching reads! #writing #blogging #witch
On a floral table cloth lay two books. One is blue covered and titled "the history of magic" by Chris Godson, the othet shows oil painting thighs and is titlexld "Lower than the angels - a history of sex and Christianity". The bkue book is held by a hand wirh purple nails and a raven skull ring.
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Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
What an unexpected witching view! Taken in Paris. What happens if I encounter them after dark? #writing #blogging #witch
Two child sized mannequins in front of an old store. One has no head. Both are a bit dirty.
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Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"Maybe we are sad people. Can't we juat be sad together?" #writing #witch
A bed in a classical decorated room. A woman in a floral dress rests on white sheets like she spontaneously fell onto them.
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Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Taking the train to Paris to do some archive work there. I'm a lucky #witch
Selfie of a red-haired woman with glasses in light green dress on a train.
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Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
A writer contacted me through my blog for advice on a story surrounding witches. I got really excited! Sadly, he did not read one of my posts. None of his questions were historical, but merely surrounding Wicca practices and crystals. He stopped responding. Whoops. #writing #blogging #witch
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Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
"All your ex-girlfriends are crazy? Such a coincidence." Cheers on the weirdest red flag I've ever ignored. #writing #blogging #witch
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Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Not exactly a witching read, but it had me wonder how intimate history can be?! Reading this for my thesis and enjoying it! #writing #blogging #witch #history
A woman with red, long hair and glasses wearing a blue dress is sitting at a train station. She takes a selfie while holding the book "An intimate history of evolution-the story of the Huxley Family" by Alison Bashford. The cover shows a man in a suit having a coffee with a female gorilla.
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Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I know which book you've read in 1607, boy ... #writing #blogging #witch #history mistresswitchwrites.com/2024/01/09/a...
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A dark Mr. Right for my witch – Witching novel update!
A witch would probably be best suited for spending most of her time alone in her house in the forest, but that is not the kind of fate I imagine for my witch. It‘s not the kind of story I want to t…
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Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
There are people out there who'd sell our basic human rights for a cheaper cube of butter. This is the darkness of today. #writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #witch #magic #essay mistresswitchwrites.com/2024/11/09/b...
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Butter Essay – Or, the darkness of today.
“Time for a dark and bloody thought-experiment?”, my witch giggles over my shoulder in a November night of 2024, because she knows me so well. It has been a while since I’ve used exact dates of the…
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Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Some places remind me of how thin skinned we are. #writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #witch #history mistresswitchwrites.com/2025/11/02/2...
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28 crosses in Prague – A haunted historical trip with my witch
“This place is so haunted”, my witch giggles over my shoulder.I took us to a place where for the both of us history becomes very much alive and reminds us of how fragile and thin skinned we are, an…
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Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Living in East-Germany for a few months was a wild ride. I would always do it again, but I would bring with me a thicker skin. #writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #witch #history mistresswitchwrites.com/2025/11/20/t...
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My historical experience of living in Dresden
Some places carry so much history, they feel haunted. They are full of melancholia, sometimes even a bit of questionable nostalgia, and can be tough to bare from time to time.At the moment, I am lu…
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Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I really don't care about my well-being while fascism is on the rise. #writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #witch #magic #essay mistresswitchwrites.com/2025/12/08/t...
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The tale of mental health in a burning world
“Wanna feel better?”, my witch asks me as she presents tonight’s options. Do we want to get drunk and risk a headache? Do we want to try out yoga again although we’ve never managed to take it serio…
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Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
It's not just beautifully haunted. It's one of the few places where you can casually point a canon at your neighbours. #writing #blogging #witch #history mistresswitchwrites.com/2026/07/17/a...
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A haunted place in the Baltic Sea – Suomenlinna
Canons, a castle, defense walls, and old houses with windows painted on – there is a place in the Baltic Sea that has all these things. It’s not just a museum, or a remote heritage site for adventu…
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Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
My favourite small town is now encircled by zombie fires. In other words, climate change is real and fucking sucks. #writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #witch mistresswitchwrites.com/2026/08/19/h...
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Heavy rain and zombie fire – A small town of resilience part 2
This is a hopeful post, although it might not look like it at first. Recently, the region I am living in is experiencing a historical wildfire, and it was getting terrifyingly close to the city tha…
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Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
What can we learn from the past? In this post, I'm not just asking this my witch. I am also having some thoughts as a student of the history of science. Or, what does time even mean?! #writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #history #essay mistresswitchwrites.com/2024/10/26/w...
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Writing history with my witch – Or, the struggle of looking at the past
I like to picture my witch in a golden frame. Probably shaped with roses growing all over it. A frame that looks like one your grandmother would have kept, or one to find in a museum. One of those …
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Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
What a witching view! Taken in Brüggen, Germany. #writing #blogging #inspiration #witch #photography #history
The reflection of a castle in a river, photographed partly covered in high grass.
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Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I wrote a new poem last night! #writing #poetry #poem #witch mistresswitchwrites.com/2026/08/31/a...
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A witching lesson learned
“You feel so far away todayYour path leads northAnd mine does not. I came across a field just nowI thought thatYou might like it. Eyes wide openArms stretched outI still had much to learn. And when…
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Mistress Witch Writes @mistresswitch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Eyes wide open Arms stretched out I still had much to learn. And when I crossed Your path back then I thought that you could show me. New poem! #writing #blogging #witch #poetry #poem mistresswitchwrites.com/2026/08/31/a...
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A witching lesson learned
“You feel so far away todayYour path leads northAnd mine does not. I came across a field just nowI thought thatYou might like it. Eyes wide openArms stretched outI still had much to learn. And when…
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